The musings, recipes and adventures of a girl that loves to eat

Do-what cake?

A couple of days ago a colleague mentioned something called Sock-it-to-me cake. I had no idea what this was, but everyone else already seemed to know. What would you do in this situation? Here are your options:

A) Ask. It’s an honest question and the only stupid question is the one you don’t ask. Right?

B) Don’t ask. Stew over what it could be and then google it when you get home. God knows you don’t want to look like the dumb one.

I’m guessing you can tell which one I picked. Option B. Option A would have saved me some trouble, but at least through B I got to find out what it was AND get a recipe. Thank heavens for the Food Network. Mr. and Mrs. Neely, more specifically. Based on my “research,” I discovered that it is a traditional Southern butter cake and some consider it to be among the Top 20 Soul Foods. I’m from Wisconsin, so I don’t have much experience with soul food. However, the main ingredient is a boxed cake mix, so it can’t be too hard.

The end result was phenomenal: it was moist, nutty and rich. And the batter was really good. Chances are you already even have all the ingredients (maybe except the yellow cake mix). I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that you don’t have to add any more sugar to batter since it’s already sweet enough. If you’re looking for an easy-to-make cake that’s a real crowd pleaser (as long as no one is allergic to nuts), I’d say this is the one!